TinkerTailor Report post Posted March 9, 2015 (edited) I do alot of work which involves combinations of leather and fabric(waxed heavy canvas mostly). On the fabric i use alot of gutermann polyester topstitch thread, which is heavy and has some great contrasting colors and shine. I can use it to hand stitch fabric and also load it in my machine top and bottom. Love this thread fo fabric thick and thin....The problem is need to be able to match the color of the the thread i use on the leather...There are also times where I machine sew the leather and canvas interface and i saddle stitch the leather bag bottom corners. Has anyone had experience with twisting 3 or 4 strand hand stitching thread from this topstitch thread? I am willing and able to build a thread/rope twister like they use on rope walks, but would like to avoid it if my idea is not sound. I have alot of this thread and the gold thread is gorgeous on english bridle and black canvas...... Then you get to the "accent" saddle stitches on the straps and corners and its just white/brown/or/black ........ Also, on an aside, I have heard you can dye the waxed tiger thread because the wax is so lightly applied. Any input? It would be cool to buy a big old spool of white and dye thread on a per project basis. My partner has alot of schooling in dying fabric but has no idea about the thread. Can get white spools for a good price but 1000m is a lifetime supply of a color i wont use if the dye doesn't work. Edited March 9, 2015 by TinkerTailor Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sona Report post Posted March 9, 2015 Well, I don´t know anything about twisting (your own) thread, but I don´t think, you might be able to dye Tigerthread in any satisfactioning way... I tried to dye linen-thread some times and was semisatisfied. The reason for that is that, even if you penetrate the thread with the dye, it kind of rubbs off while stitching and at least it becomes a lot lighter in colour, so just a semi-match for the colour... BUT Tigerthread is no linen, it is polyester so there won´t be any real penetrationt... you might be able to slightly discolour the thread (the way some people hate it when they dye after stitching...) but therefore I don´t know the Tigerthread, I use sth else.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
